The Shadow Play () is a 2018 Chinese crime drama film directed by Lou Ye. It made its world premiere at the 58th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in 2018. The film was also shown in the Panorama section at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. It was released theatrically on April 4, 2019 in China.
Synopsis Yang Jiadong, a naive rookie cop, witnesses the Chief of Construction Committee jumping to his death from a tall building. He immediately begins investigation, but is brutally dismissed from his job and pursued by unknown enemies. He escapes to Hong Kong, where meets the daughter of the deceased victim. With her help, Yang Jiadong continues to seek for the truth, but finds himself falling into a trap of love.
Cast Jing Boran as Yang Jiadong Ma Sichun as Xiao Ruo Sun Chenxi as Xiao Ruo (10-year-old) Huang Kailu as Xiao Ruo (15-year-old) Song Jia as Lin Hui Qin Hao as Jiang Zicheng Michelle Chen as Lian Ahyun Zhang Songwen as Tang Yijie Edison Chen as Alex Cherry Ngan as bar girl Wang Weishen as Wang Shan Baozhong as Sun Leung Chi-lik as Chun Chen Weirong as Mr. Yang Luo Yimin as Stuntman Hu Ling as Ms Hu Herman Lau as Businessman
Awards and nominations AwardCategoryRecipientsResult55th Golden Horse AwardsBest DirectorLou Ye Best CinematographyJake PollockBest Action ChoreographyBruce Law and Norman LawBest Sound EffectsFu Kang69th Berlin International Film FestivalCICAE Award - PanoramaLou Ye Panorama Audience Award for Fiction Film19th Chinese Film Media AwardsBest FilmThe Shadow Play Best DirectorLou YeBest ActressSong JiaBest Supporting ActorZhang Songwen11th China Film Director's Guild AwardsBest DirectorLou YeBest ActressSong JiaBest Supporting ActorZhang Songwen1st Academy Award of Beijing Film AcademyBest DirectorLou Ye Best ScreenplayMa Yingli, Qiu Yujie, Mei Feng
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